THE RFU has launched a new performance academy, sponsored by BMW, that will provide 30 young players with tailor made support to help them progress onto the elite England team.…

Bakkies Botha

THEY SAY Lourdes is where you go in search of a miracle cure, but if you’re a thirty-something Englishman Toulon seems to be the place in France that has healing…

Video: Ben Youngs’s try against Australia

BEN YOUNGS scythed through the Australian defence from the back of a lineout to score a try in England’s 21-20 victory in Sydney in 2010. It was a memorable way…

New Zealand

TUESDAY 18 September 2012 marks exactly three years to go until the next Rugby World Cup kicks off, but planning for the tournament is already well underway. The Olympics have…

Care signs three year extention with Quins

DANNY CARE has signed a three year contract extension with Harlequins that will keep him with the current Aviva Premiership champions until the end of the 2015-16 season. The 25-year-old…

Wilkinson masterclass

JONNY WILKINSON took time out from his hectic schedule to hold a masterclass with two up-and-coming players in Toulon over the summer. Wales U20 lock Matthew Screech and England U16…

IT WASN'T only in the Aviva Premiership that Exeter shone last season – their second XV, the Braves, went undefeated in the A League. One player to catch the eye…

England’s Dylan Hartley on the lineout

Read Dylan Hartley’s step-by-step guide to throwing in at the lineout, in the May 2014 issue of Rugby World – on sale Tuesday 1 April. Find out how to download the…